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Louisa May Alcott's Email

September 13, 2006

Kit Bakke writer

Author Kit Bakke discusses her new book Miss Alcott's E-mail: Yours for Reforms of All Kinds. In her novel, she sends an email to her childhood role model Louisa May Alcott and is amazed when she receives a reply. Their correspondence becomes a dance of ideas discussing everything from Alcott's involvement in various reform movements to Bakke's time as part of the Weather Underground.

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Topics: Literature & Philosophy

Tags: Authors | Biographies | Fiction | Little Women | Writing Process

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